What color is #877F77?

#877F77 is a gray, closest to the named color Moon Rock. It belongs to the gray family of colors.

What is the RGB value of #877F77?

The RGB value is 135, 127, 119: 135 red, 127 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.

What is the complementary color of #877F77?

The complementary color is #777F87, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.

Is black or white text better on #877F77?

Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.33:1 and white text 3.94:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.

#877F77 color

#877F77 rgb(135, 127, 119)

Shades of gray

The hex color #877F77 is a gray.

In the RGB color model it is made of 52.9% red, 49.8% green and 46.7% blue (135, 127, 119).

Its hue angle is 30°, with 6% saturation and 50% lightness. For print, the CMYK equivalent is 0% cyan, 6% magenta, 12% yellow and 47% black.

The closest named color is Moon Rock (#897D76), a difference of 2.4 ΔE, a small difference.

Black text is the more readable choice on this background (contrast 5.33:1).

#877F77 color codes

HEX	`#877F77`
RGB	`rgb(135, 127, 119)`
RGB percent	`rgb(52.9%, 49.8%, 46.7%)`
HSL	`hsl(30, 6%, 50%)`
HSV / HSB	`hsv(30, 12%, 53%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 6%, 12%, 47%)`
CIE LAB	`lab(53.67, 1.56, 5.43)`
CIE LCH	`lch(53.67, 5.65, 74.02)`
CIE XYZ	`xyz(20.911, 21.662, 20.529)`
Decimal	`8879991`
Short hex	`None (no 3-digit form)`

Color harmonies

Colors that go with #877F77, based on their position on the color wheel.

Complementary

The color opposite on the color wheel (180°). Strongest contrast.

Analogous

Neighbors 30° either side. Calm, natural combinations.

Split complementary

The two colors next to the complement (150° and 210°).

Triadic

Three colors evenly spaced, 120° apart.

Tetradic (square)

Four colors 90° apart.

Shades, tints and tones

Shades (darker, mixed with black)

Tints (lighter, mixed with white)

Tones (mixed with gray)

Contrast and accessibility

Text on #877F77	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	5.33:1	Pass	Fail	Pass
Sample text	3.94:1	Fail	Fail	Pass

#877F77 as text on	Ratio	AA	AAA	AA large
Sample text	3.94:1	Fail	Fail	Pass
Sample text	5.33:1	Pass	Fail	Pass

WCAG 2 asks for 4.5:1 for normal text (AA), 7:1 for AAA, and 3:1 for large text. Check other pairs.

Color blindness simulation

How #877F77 looks to people with the most common types of color vision deficiency.

CSS examples

.background { background-color: #877f77; }
.text { color: #877f77; }
.border { border: 2px solid #877f77; }
.transparent { background-color: rgb(135 127 119 / 50%); }
.gradient { background: linear-gradient(to right, #877f77, #878777); }

Background

Text color

Border

Similar colors

Closest common color name: Battleship Gray.

Questions

What color is #877F77?: #877F77 is a gray, closest to the named color Moon Rock. It belongs to the gray family of colors.
What is the RGB value of #877F77?: The RGB value is 135, 127, 119: 135 red, 127 green and 119 blue on a 0 to 255 scale.
What is the complementary color of #877F77?: The complementary color is #777F87, found by rotating the hue 180° on the color wheel.
Is black or white text better on #877F77?: Black text. Black text has a contrast ratio of 5.33:1 and white text 3.94:1. WCAG asks for at least 4.5:1 for normal text.